Storage-battery carrier



March 25, 1930. w. A BISHMAN 43 STORAGE BATTERY CARRIER Filed Dec. 17, 1927 I INVENTOR rad-W 4,

WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented ar. 25, ieso W4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-g? Application filed December 17, 1927. Serial No. 240,787.

This invention relates to handles for storward each other to provide jaws 8 which have age batteries and its general object is to proupwardly inclined flanges 9 formed on their vide a detachable handle that can be easily confronting ends. The flanges 9 terminate in and expeditiously associated with any type sharpened free ends as shown.

5 and make of storage battery whereby the The said jaw carrying portions 7 which 5 battery can be conveniently handled with very are twisted from shanks 5 extend outwardly little effort. and oppositely and at a slight angle to the Another object of the invent-ion is to prolongitudinal center lines of said shanks in vide a storage battery handle including jaws order that the jaws 8 may be ofiset relatively 10 that are urged into cooperative association to each other, rather than disposed in alinefor gripping parts of the battery in a manment to engage the offset connectors of a storner whereby manual movement of the jaws age battery. is necessary to remove the same from the Arranged in the bore 3 and having one of parts. its ends secured to one of the shanks 5 is a This invention also consists in certain other coil spring 10 which has its opposite end fixed features of construction and in the combinato a fiber block 11 of insulating material, tion and arrangement of the several parts, and the other shank 5 is connected with the to be hereinafter full described, illustrated block 11 through the medium of a link 12.

in the accompanying rawings and specifical- From the above description and disclosure 20 ly pointed out in the appended claims. of the drawings, it will be obvious thatI have In describing my invention in detail, referprovided a handle which may be easily asence will be had to the accompanying drawsociated with a storage battery in a manner ings wherein like characters denote like or whereby the jaws 8 receive the connectors corresponding parts throughout the several of the battery or the handles at the ends of m 25 views, and in which: the storage battery as the case may be and Figure 1 is a side elevation of the handle due to the coil spring 10, the jaws will be forming the subject matter of the present inretained in gripping relation with respect vention with parts broken away and in secto the connectors until manually removed tidn. therefrom as will be apparent.

3 Figure 2 is a side elevation of the handle Itis thought from the foregoing descripand showing the same applied to a storage tion that the advantages and novel features battery. of my invention will be readily apparent.

Figure 3 is a similar view taken at right I desire it to be understood that I may angles to Figure 2. make changes in the construction and in the 35 Referring to the drawings in detail, the combination and arrangement of the several reference numeral 1 indicates the body of the parts, provided that such changes fall withhandle and the body is round in cross section in the scope of the appended claims. so as to provide a convenient gripping sur- What I claim is: face as will be apparent. The body is recessed 1. In a storage battery carrier, a handle to provide bifurcated ends 2 and communihaving forked ends and abut-ting shoulders eating with these recesses and arranged longiadjacent said ends, a pair of co-operating tudinally in the body is a bore 3. Pivotally jaws having shanks disposed laterally of said secured between the respective portions of handle and pivoted Within said forked ends, the bifurcated ends 2 through the medium of said abutting shoulders limiting the inward 45 pivot pins 4 are one of the ends of shanks 5 movement of said jaws, a passage extending which are twisted intermediate their ends as longitudinally through said handle and a at 6 so as to provide the jaw carrying porcontractile spring extending through said tions 7 thereof at right angles to the pivoted passage and having its ends connected eccenends as best shown in Figure 1 of the drawtrically with said shanks to urge said jaws ings. The jaw carrying ends are bent totogether.

memes 2.!jIn a storage battery carrier, a handle 1 havin a longitudinally extending passage theret rough, a pair of co-operating jaws having shanks pivoted to the end portions of said-handle, a contractile spring extending longitudinally through said passage and completely shielded by said handle, one end of i said spring being eccentrically connected with one of said shanks, an insulating memher connected to the opposite end of said spring and connected eccentrically to said other shank. -3. In a stora e battery carrier, a handle having a pair 0; recesses extending laterally into the end portions thereof, depending, cooperating jaws havingxshanks disposed Within said recesses and inged to said handle, w-said-handle having a longitudinal passage cominunicating with said recesses and an zo elastic element extending through said pas- ,s'a'ge and having its ends connected eccentrica'lly with the shanks of said jaws to urge Saidf'aws together.

4. n a storage battery carrier, a handle havin a pair of recesses extending laterally into t e end portions thereof respectively, a pair of cooperating jaws having shanks disposed within said recesses and depending from said handle, pivots extending transversely of said handle and hinging the up er ends of said shanks thereto, said shanks eing oppositely inclined outwardly with reference to the longitudinal center line of said handle to cause said jaws to be disposed in ofiset relation to receive the offset connectors of a storage battery with the center line of said handle disposed in a plane substantially parallel with two opposite walls of said hatter v Iii testimony whereof I aflix my signature. WALTER A. BlSHE/Lill. 

